2023年换金花换神红吉日Auspicious Day for Altar Cleaning/Change Red

2023年换金花换神红吉日Auspicious Day for Altar Cleaning/Change Red：

除了大扫除，神台、神像和祖先牌位也得择日清理，俗称换神红。起先，选个吉日，不冲一家之主或清理人便可。

然后，准备清理用具，神明和祖先各一套，有新毛巾、新软刷子及水盆，这些用具来年可重复使用。还有七色花和花露水以净化之意。

假如同时有供奉神明与祖先，先清理神台后祖先位。清理前先上香禀告，请诸神或祖先暂时回避。先拿掉旧神红，用刷子轻微扫落神像或祖先牌位上的尘埃，然后在水盆里加了清水、花露水和七色花，把毛巾弄湿后轻轻的抹神像或祖先牌位，供具和桌台。抹干净了，就可以上新神红，再次上香禀告，让诸神或祖先归位。

Besides the spring cleaning, the Chinese will pick an auspicious day to clean the altar, deity statues and ancestor tablets. This occasion is common known as “change red”.

First, an auspicious day that is not inauspicious for the zodiac sign of the head of the family must be chosen.

Next, separate sets of cleaning tools such as towels, new soft brushes and basins must be prepared for the deities and ancestors respectively. These tools can be reused in the following years. Also required are seven colour flowers and Florida water for purification.

The altar of the deities should be cleaned first followed by the ancestors’. Before the cleaning, remember to make offerings to inform Them that the cleaning of the altars is about to start, and that They should leave the altars for the time being.

First, the old "red" should be removed, and the soft brush used to lightly sweep away the dust on the statues or tablets. Then add some water and Florida water into the basin with the seven colour flowers, moisten the towel and gently wipe the statues or tablets. After the cleaning has been finished, you can put on the new "red" then make offerings to the deities/ancestors to invite them back to the altars.